Setaria sagittifolia(A.Rich.) Walp.

WFO wfo-0000899532 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. a Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-02-16 / obs. 64595017
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61950170
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. c Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64594973
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. d Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64595016
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. e Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61950197
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. f Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61950201
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. g Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61950206
Setaria sagittifolia, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. h Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61950181

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Setaria sagittifolia is native: Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen AngolaBotswanaCaprivi StripEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaZambiaZimbabweYemen
Native distribution of Setaria sagittifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Caprivi Strip CPV
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Yemen YEM ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cymbosetaria sagittifolia (A.Rich.) Schweick.
  • Panicum barbigerum Bertol.
  • Panicum sagittifolium Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Pennisetum sagittifolium A.Rich.
  • Setaria barbigera (Bertol.) Stapf

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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